Checkrein attachment



(No Model.) I

J. PATRICK,

I I GHEGKRBIN ATTACHMENT. No. 553,214. Patented Jan. 14, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PATRICK, OF BAXTER SPRINGS, KANSAS.

CH ECKREIN ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,214, dated January 14, 1896. Application filed November 5, 1894. Serial No. 527,933. (No model.)

,To all whom it may concerns.

Be it known that 1, JOHN PATRICK, of Bax iter Springs, Cherokee county, Kansas, have iinwented certain new and useful Improvements in Oheckreiu Attachments, of which time iollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to checkrein attachments, and more particularly to that class which, while keeping the checkrein taut at {1211 times when in operative position-that is, nvlien engaged with the saddlehookwill yyielei .or accommodate itself to the varying positiqns occupied by the horses head when in notion or when the animal is standing at 1-rest,;and;my object is to provide a device of this character which may be easily and quickly secured in position and is simple, strong, durableand inexpensive of construc- ,5 tion.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction gand combinations of parts, as will be herein- :ztfiter described and claimed.

Eli-n order that the invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which-=- 0 Figure 31 {isa perspective view of my attachat lgs to each other.

ment carried in operative manner by the checkrein and carrying an ordinary snaphook for attachment {to the ring of the bridle. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, the rein and snap-hookziseing omitted. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the same.

Similar reference-numerals u'ndicate correding parts in all the figures, which ugnates a cylindrical casing, :WhiQll is profifiw at each end with a single elongated aperturegi and said apertures are dlsposedt Extendingl ,through ,said apertures 2 and longi- 1 bud-many gffimfi g ng are the arms 3, which are provided t their Opposite ends with the aloopthalrd h utwar ends othermiverrgfl is h w form the loop 6 and lfihepgmaufiharmsq, j h cxtend through the other apert 2 of il e and Tagged at it .SMIQS; of the arms a, as g gvn more c e rly 111 .il, li 531d arms 7 at iil cir free e h eeatal ward, as shown at 8. This construction is a duplicate of the construction embodying the loop 4, the arms 3, and the outwardly-turned ends .5. Said arms 3 and 7 also extend through a pair of disks or plates 9, which are provided with central openings 10, which conform to the external configuration in crosssection of the arms 3 and 7, and spirally encircling said arms and holding said disks or plates 9 with a yielding pressure against the outwardly-turned ends 5 and S of said arms is the coil-spring 11.

From the above construction it will be apparent that the normal position of the loop 4 and the loop formed at the opposite end of the device are adjacent to the ends of said device, owing to the unresisted expansion of the spring 11. It will also be apparent that when an overcoming force is applied said loop 4 and the loops 6 will be moved farther apart, so as to lengthen the device, and the spring will be contracted.

{It any intention to employ this device in connection with a checkrein, so as to relieve the horses-head of the jar or jolt incident to every {forward movement of the head when a checkrein of the ordinary construction is em ployed. it will be apparent when the checkrein is provided with an attachment which will exert a gradual an i ing esistance to the forward movement of the head, and at the same time retract as the head is again lifted, that the forward movement .of' the;

head will not he suddenly and abruptly checked. It will be furthermore apparent that such yielding attachment will tend to lengthen the life of the checkrein itself, because the same is tensioned gradually and not tightened with a jerk, which is liable to snap or break the rein, and that the saddleharness also will not be disarranged or displaced as easily when said yielding attachment inthe checkrein is employed, as will be undcrstoQd.

When in operative position, I preferably employ two of these attachments on each checkrein, one being located adjacent to each jaw or check of the ani and attached at one end to the checkrein 2, shown, and provided at the opposite end with the iisrttl snap-hook 3, which is adapted to cngagethe ring of the bridle-bit, as will be understood.

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connection set forth, as it may befoundnse,

f ul in various other positions and. for various other purposes. 7

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is o In a check-rein attachment,the combination with a cylindrical casing 1, a rod, bent to form a pair of parallel arms Witha loop 4, at one end, and outwardly projecting arms 5 at the opposite end, and a second rod, bent in a similar manner to form a pair of parallel arms 7, With'a loop 6 at one end and a pair of outwardly projecting arms 8, at the opposite end, of a pair of plates, each surrounding both pairs of said rods, and one bearing against the arms 5 of the first-named rod, and the other bearing against the arms 8 of the other rod, and an expansion-spring Within the casing, surrounding said rods, and bearing at its opposite ends against said plates, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN PATRICK. Witnesses:

JOHN JONES, I; ,P. DANIELS. 

